Interest in the beleaguered national carrier, which has received billions of rands in public funding, means criticism is inevitable
The minister addresses the future of the country’s state-owned entities and speculation they may be moved from his portfolio
The former SAA chairperson said her closeness to the former president had caused people to unfairly implicate her in state capture matters
After 18 months under administration, the loss-making airline has been cleared for takeoff
Mango’s spokesperson would not disclose the low-cost airline’s debt — which led to a brief suspension of flights — but described it as ‘huge’
After not flying for a year, SAA nearly botches humanitarian flight to Brussels — among other infringements — and then delays reporting the issue
MPs express frustration at the shoddy work done by the dysfunctional, broke airline and its rescue practitioners, calling their no-show ‘unacceptable’
The treasury forecasts 3.3% growth, but warns this will fall to 1.6% if the fledgeling vaccination programme fails to stem successive Covid waves
Salary arrears owed to SAA staff will be paid by 19 February, and the public enterprises department commits to reskilling affected employees.
More than 3 000 employees out of 5 000 have accepted the packages. The state-owned airline, which went into business rescue, is likely to retain 1 000 workers
Labour representatives argue that the state airline just ‘expects 78% of workers to accept one week’s pay’ for each year worked
Draft agreement document spells out that R1.5-billion will be needed to fund severance packages for 2 400 of the airline’s employees
The department of public enterprises is concerned that the proposed sale of assets threatens its plans to engineer SAA 2.0
For a country that is guided by ubuntu, South Africa has a record of embarrassing international blunders
The airline that ate the poor and subsidised the rich
Unions and business rescue practitioners have until Friday afternoon to agree on a settlement and start the process of shutting the airline down
During discussions between unions and business rescue practitioners and the government, it was decided that the national carrier would be closed and a new airline formed
Data shows that during the lockdown the statutory body has dealt with 75% fewer cases than during the same period last year
Maintenance division is first SAA subsidiary to declare hardship to staff as travel ban effects grow at the state-owned airline
As SAA subsidiaries declare hardship to staff, business-rescue practitioners urge them to sign agreements to save severance payouts
Despite R50 billion being pumped into the state airline, the current collapse was always likely thanks to political appointees, corruption and the ANC not deciding what it wanted out of SAA, writes Sabelo Skiti
Titch Fraser. a resident of the Ocean View old aged home in Musgrave, Durban describes what he finds as the worst things during the lockdown
Airports company, airlines on notice for mercy flights to evacuate foreigners from South Africa
Employees at the embattled state-owned airline have been forced to take leave as SAA cancels all flights during South Africa’s lockdown
With the disease hitting the airline industry hard, SAA has told employees it will run out of money by March 31. Workers must either lose their jobs or move to part-time jobs, it says
But to do so, it will have to provide genuine universal access to marginalised communities, including refugees and migrants
The business rescue practitioners say 29 of the fleet of 48 planes, various routes and inefficient services also need to go in the state-owned airline is to survive
As with the ban on SAA flying to the United States in 1986, political pragmatism will eventually be trumped by economic realities
SOEs must be dynamic growth enablers if they are to be deemed strategic assets for the economy
The airline’s business rescue practitioners ignored a warning not to announce route closures and possible job cuts ahead of a restructuring plan
Sona was a mixed bag but there were some meaningful announcements
The poor condition of state-owned enterprises remains a blight on growth forecasts